[ros-users] Adding a New Stereo System to ROS

[Adi Shavit]

Cool. Let me know.
You can also contact me off-list.
Thanks,
Adi

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Stefan Kohlbrecher <
stefan.kohlbrecher at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Adi,
>
> yes, a driver is currently in development at our group. Mind you, it
> is still in a very early stage (like I said, first calibration worked
> 3 days ago), so it will take quite some time till it really is "ready"
> in the sense that it will be feature-complete and tested. I'll look
> into making the current development version available via a public
> repo though. I guess we wouldn't mind cooperative development then too
> ;)
>
> regards,
> Stefan
>
> 2011/2/15 Adi Shavit <adishavit at gmail.com>:
> > Hi Stefan,
> >   You mean you are working on a driver for the VRMagic camera?
> > If so that's great. I'd be grateful if you let me know when it's ready.
> > I'll be happy to run tests for debugging if you like.
> > Warm regards,
> > Adi
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Stefan Kohlbrecher
> > <stefan.kohlbrecher at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Adi,
> >>
> >> my group is working on a driver. Last time I checked (2 days ago ;) )
> >> it was possible to retrieve images from 2 sensors (we only have a
> >> two-sensor system) and perform stereo calibration for the first time.
> >> It's really very basic at this point, but I'll look into getting it
> >> into some publicly accessible Repo.
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >> 2011/2/15 Adi Shavit <adishavit at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi Jack,
> >> >  ... more below...
> >> >>
> >> >> >   I am new to ROS.
> >> >>
> >> >> Welcome!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> > I have a 4 camera stereo set using 4 synchronized cameras that are
> >> >> > not
> >> >> > supported by ROS.
> >> >> > This is not unlike what PR2 uses.
> >> >> > I would like to use these camera with ROS.
> >> >> > What is the best way to do this?
> >> >>
> >> >> That depends on what kind of cameras they are.
> >> >
> >> > VRMagic Multisensor Intelligent Cameras.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> > Do I need to write my own "driver"?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, unless someone has already written one.
> >> >
> >> > I was afraid you'd say that. ;-)
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> > What is the easiest way to do this? As I said I am new to ROS.
> >> >>
> >> >> The extra ROS wrapping for publishing camera data does not involve
> >> >> much additional code, but does require a basic understanding of the
> >> >> image pipeline. So, study the interfaces and look at examples of
> other
> >> >> drivers, then ask more questions.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you, I will.
> >> > BTW, is there a "mock" camera module, that I can feed AVIs or other
> >> > video to
> >> > simulate a camera?
> >> > This will help me with debugging and also with understanding the whole
> >> > pipeline.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Adi
> >> >
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